Well, fwiw, I absolutely hated the latest Star Trek, because it completely goes against what Star Trek is about. Its "to boldly go where no man has gone before", not "to boldly revisit what's been done to death".

Well, fwiw, I absolutely hated the latest Star Trek, because it completely goes against what Star Trek is about. Its "to boldly go where no man has gone before", not "to boldly revisit what's been done to death".

I liked Star Trek - it was a fun movie, it kept the essence of the characters while still feeling free to change things up and modernize a bit, and the core dynamic wherein two individuals from different species and different backgrounds learn to become friends was more in keeping with Gene Rodenberry's ideals than the entirety of the post-TNG Star Trek franchise.

Which reminds me, I had a dream last night where I was arguing the merits of Annie Hall with someone who was citing Star Wars as an example of the Oscars being a load of crap, whereas I was attempting to make the case that the real evidence for that were the wins for How Green Was My Valley, Rocky, and Forrest Gump.

See, I had intended to wait to watch Unicorn until all seven episodes had come out, but I decided I'd rather be able to watch the last two as they arrived so I could talk about them day-of on 4chan's mecha board. So I watched the first episode.

It's just rather broadly disliked in the fanbase, so I went in expecting to, well, dislike it, because ordinarily I'm par with such verdicts. Didn't pan out. I just can't not like it, it has everything: the robot fights are great, I like the plot because it feels like a throwback to the simpler days of the franchise, it's U.C. so it's automatically better than all of the other series, and freaking Shuichi Ikeda's voice, man (What's he saying here? I have no idea. For all I know he's denouncing my lifestyle while talking about the virtues of How Green Was My Valley. STILL SOUNDS AMAZING!).

Ah Ramza...and you were kind of dreading it too when we were in the jcrpfchat weren't you? Ah well, we'll see if Unicorn can keep it up. ...Although dat fluffeh hair.

Meanwhile, I decided to check out Kotoura-san, a romantic comedy...

EDIT: Hotlinking fail!

Anyway, despite being a romantic comedy, the beginning of the first episode that begins with a mind reading girl's happy life being torn apart when she destroys her parents' marriage by blurting out their affairs, being shunned and hated by her school, mom abandoning her and wishing she didn't give birth to her, and the stray cat she befriended (since she can't read its mind) being sent to the shelter...yep, wasn't expecting that kind of depressing beginning!

So yeah, romantic comedy!

Though that does come later after all that ten minutes of despair! >.>

@Penguinator I think it should work for those purposes, though I'm a staunch believer in following production order for Universal Century Gundams. Not sure how easy Unicorn is to follow without the traditional 0079 -> Zeta -> ZZ -> Char's Counterattack progression.